Democratic Data Governance

The DMBoK defines data governance as the exercise of authority and control over the management of data assets. As data management professionals we all have to integrate our discipline with the established authorities, and structures of control in the organisations we serve. In this session we will explore the challenges and the transformative power of wiring data governance into organisational democracies: in democratic institutions, unionised workplaces, data trusts, or in countries with strongly-democratic cultures.

Key takeaway:

In democratic organisations, democracy rules all strategy: it’s not just ‘how we work’, it’s ‘what we are’. Data governance must either surf that wave or drown under it.